CONTRACT NOTICE – NATIONAL

1 Authority Details

1.1

Authority Name and Address

1.2

Address from which documentation may be obtained

1.3

Completed documents must be returned to:

As in 1.1

2 Contract Details

2.1

Title

Provision of Valuations and Tax Advice to Businesses Considering Employee Ownership within Gwynedd

2.2

Description of the goods or services required

To work with a Cwmpas Business Consultant to support up to 10 businesses, (initially) in Gwynedd to investigate the potential of transferring the ownership of the business to its employees.:-

• To advise on financial issues including tax; company valuations; financial planning and critically reviewing financial information.

• To provide information and support to access to finance to support employee buy-outs and other social business investment needs.

• To provide forensic analysis of management accounts; and company restructuring.

NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Sell2Wales Web Site at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=137179.

The buyer has indicated that it will accept electronic responses to this notice via the Postbox facility. A user guide is available at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/sitehelp/help_guides.aspx.

Suppliers are advised to allow adequate time for uploading documents and to dispatch the electronic response well in advance of the closing time to avoid any last minute problems.

2.3

Notice Coding and Classification

2.4

Total quantity or scope of tender

Cwmpas anticipates that the initial overall value of work contracted under this Contract will be no higher than £48,000 including VAT. There is potential that this could increase if further funding is secured and the project is extended.

3 Conditions for Participation

3.1

Minimum standards and qualification required

To be successful a bidder must score a minimum of 300 for Ability to Meet Requirements, Credible and Practical Approach

4 Administrative Information

4.1

Type of Procedure

Single stage

4.2

Reference number attributed to the notice by the contracting authority

ITT EO Gwynedd

4.3

Time Limits

4.5

Language or languages in which tenders or requests to participate can be drawn up

4.6

Tender Submission Postbox

5 Other Information

5.1

Additional Information

This notice has been sent as a region specific notice. If you did not receive an alert about this you are not based in the specific region selected by the buying authority. Questions on why this was sent as a region specific notice should be sent to the buying authority.

(WA Ref:137179)

The buyer considers that this contract is suitable for consortia bidding.

5.2

Additional Documentation

5.3

Publication date of this notice